Genre
Non-fiction
Setting and Context
London in the 1800s
Narrator and Point of View
Steve Johnson is the narrator of this text.
Tone and Mood
The tone is informative and historical.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is arguably John Snow, and the antagonists are his opposers.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is how society found a solution to the cholera epidemic in London.
Climax
The climax of the text is when the broad street water pump was removed.
Foreshadowing
The miasma theory foreshadowed the theory of contagion.
Understatement
Many people doubted and understated John Snow's abilities.
Allusions
The text alludes to the cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s.
Imagery
Imagery is used to describe how dirty and unhygienic London was at the time.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
The theory of miasma is paralleled and compared to the theory of contagion.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
"London" is used as a metonym for the people of London and the decisions that the government made.
Personification
N/A
